Maggie Gyllenhaal In Lanvin – 2014 BAFTAs

Maggie Gyllenhaal attended the 2014 BAFTAs, held on Sunday (February 16) at The Royal Opera House in London, England.

For the occasion, the actress wore a custom-made Lanvin deep-violet, frosted lace gown with grosgrain-embroidered detailing.

A jewelry box could have exploded on the bodice, what with its clutter of gems, jewels and pearl embellishment.

Heavily bedecked and bedazzled, this long-sleeve design was nearly giving me visual sensory overload. Indeed, it nearly swallowed Maggie whole, although she did lighten the load with her pixie crop and fuchsia-pink lip.

I love when people take risks on the red carpet but this is not paying off for her. It’s very ageing and makes her look wide in the top. The embellishments look too arts and crafty… it’s just overkill.

I surprisingly think this looks awesome. It’s her hair that is just so jarring against this gown. I have no bias against short hair in general but I’m tired of her overly short, looks like it was cut by a 5 year old style version. This would’ve looked better on a long-haired brunette.

I didn’t know that Maggie was a Russian Grand Duchess. That is the only possible explanation for this overworked and unflattering gown with horrible epaulettes that could cut someone and those lace sleeves that looked like they were sewn from granny’s curtains. The dress would have had a chance at being wearable if it didn’t have that shoulder detailing or the sleeves.

Even if her hair is for a role, it should have been styled messy and cute with that dress. That staid pixie is like a bucket of cold water was thrown on any exuberance that she could have conveyed.

its just a case of wrong dress on the wrong girl, not even the pixie cut can save the look

lanvin created such an extraordinary resort collection that i would like to think suits only certain type of body or persona and sadly maggie cant pull it off, maybe it works on a statuesque red haired girl

No, I can’t take so much at once. The top part of the dress is too cluttered and in violation with the short hair styled that way. I don’t even particularly like the material of the dress. In all, this is a surprisingly poor showing from Maggie who’s generally pretty well turned out.